Trump-era tensions spark urgent debate over civil service neutrality, independence, and democratic institutional resilience.

Proposals for the GOP budget resolution are already circulating, including possibilities for changing federal benefits in retirement and health insurance.

Earthquakes and the damage they cause are apolitical. Collectively, we either prepare for future earthquakes or the ...

The controversial policy blueprint sought to cut back on civil servants’ powers, but the Trump administration’s turbulent ...

This preference for a merit-based system was reinforced in the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. It states as national policy that “to provide the people of the United States with a competent ...

The concept of “civil service grades” may soon be replaced with “job ... will be done through competitive exams or evaluations, replacing the current system of grade-based examinations (e.g., ...